We final checked in with Bimmerpost discussion board consumer “ynguldyn” just a few months in the past, when the BMW insider up to date his grasp publish of product intel with information that the M2 would get an influence bump this 12 months to 475 horses. It is too early to say whether or not that is true; nonetheless, BMW M boss Frank van Meel mentioned this month the M2, M3, and M4 are in line for an “upcoming mannequin revision.” The inclusion suggests one thing promising like greater output, the most recent M2 solely simply launched for the 2023 mannequin 12 months. Sticking with the two Collection household, ynguldyn’s current replace claims the 2025 M240i and M240ix will get the choice of a carbon roof beginning with August manufacturing.
If this occurs, it will be a giant deal. Patrons can choice a carbon roof on the big-bore M2 for $2,600, however in the intervening time, we will not discover one other non-M variant down right here at kinder worth factors with a carbon roof choice. In late 2021, BMW followers buzzed with the information that the 2022 M340i would supply a carbon fiber roof, the identical factor occurring once more in late 2022 for the 2023 mannequin 12 months. And once we say followers buzzed, we imply some in pleasure — those that like M choices on M Efficiency trims with out paying correct M costs — and a few in anger, being the M purists who suspect “BMW is making an attempt actually arduous to make folks assume that the M340i and different ‘M lite’ fashions are actual M automobiles, when all of us fanatics know that it is not a real M automobile.”
The M340i carbon roof choice appeared in a Canadian order information and may need been restricted to Canada, albeit briefly. A Reddit thread from July 2023 identified the place to search out the roof on the configurator, however that roof is not there anymore. BMW did not even use the phrase “carbon” in its press launch for the U.S.-spec 2022 M240i xDrive. The closest a U.S. purchaser can get right this moment is the $2,900 M Carbon Exterior Bundle on the M440i coupe, a bundle of ornamental parts like mirror caps and rear spoiler that the M340i sedan does not supply.
It doesn’t matter what goes on up excessive within the trims, different adjustments to the M240i are supposedly coming additional down, together with “inside updates to make it look extra upscale,” new wheels, and two new colours additionally cribbed from the right M vary, Skyscraper Gray and Zandvoort Blue.
Whereas we’re right here, we would as properly recap worth adjustments for the 2024 2 Collection mannequin vary. MSRPs after the $995 vacation spot charge, and adjustments from 2023, are:
228i Gran Coupe: $38,395 ($600)
228i xDrive Gran Coupe: $41,395 ($600)
230i Coupe: $39,795 ($600)
230i xDrive Coupe: $41,795 ($600)
m235i xDrive Gran Coupe: $49,295 ($700)
M240i Coupe: $50,695 ($800)
M240i xDrive Coupe: $52,695 ($800)
M2: $63,200 ($1,000)
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